“Self study leads to improvisation and improvisation leads to evolution.” — Oscar Auliq-Ice Copy Share Image
When you're improvising, you're relying on this connection to creativity. — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
So much of improv can be really long, and that's kind of what makes it funny. — Ben Falcone Copy Share Image
Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation — Harvey Keitel Copy Share Image
“The second rule of improvisation is not only to say yes, but YES, AND. You are supposed to agree and then add… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity. — Brian Alger Copy Share Image
In 'Silence,' there was no improvisation at all; really, you're dealing with a script and a 17th century way of speaking. — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
When you try to go back and watch improv on tape, it almost never feels as good as it did when a… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
Everything we design and make is an improvisation, a lash-up, something inept and provisional. — David Pye Copy Share Image
Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience.… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I did work with coach. I went to this place called Actors Space in the Valley. I was… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
In improvisation, there is only one time. This is what computer people call real time. The time of inspiration, the time of… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
The best thing about improv is that no matter how bad your show is, it's only 30 minutes, and never exists again.… — Mick Napier Copy Share Image
You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Most of the parts are really gone over and over and over again with Tool. It's a very composed situation. We spend… — Danny Carey Copy Share Image
But no one, when you stop to think, has ever equated abstract expressionism as a movement with jazz music. It's based on… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
I think in the inception and creation of the characters, improv was the most important part for me, because I wanted to… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
“No battle plan can anticipate all contingencies. There are always unexpected factors including those stemming from the opponent's initiative. A battle must… — Timothy Zahn Copy Share Image
Undeniably, the audience for improvisation, good or bad, active or passive, sympathetic or hostile, has a power that no other audience has.… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
I like the idea that within the structure of the song, some kind of built-in improvisation keeps them fragile and in their… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I knew Steve Carell because of Little Miss Sunshine, so I felt very comfortable with him. Maybe he always does it to… — Beth Grant Copy Share Image
“Mockingbirds are the true artists of the bird kingdom. Which is to say, although they're born with a song of their own,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Hendrix was back there with a few of the others who were like my training wheels ... hearing him as a teenager… — Junior Brown Copy Share Image
“The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES. When you're improvising, this means you are required to agree… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of improvisation but I can't say that I'm great at it. — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
“That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart.” — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
